乩

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Strokes6 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 6 strokes
Traditional Strokes 6 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 84
View Original Page 84
Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper. Radical: Second (yǐ). Character: Jī. Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 6 strokes. Page: Page 84, Entry 12. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) indicate the pronunciation as a fanqie of jiān and xī, sounding the same as jī. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) explains it as inquiring about doubts through divination. Comprehensive Institutions (Tongdian) records that in the west there is a method of divining with sheep bones, and the diviner is called a sījī. Comprehensive Refinement (Tongya) considers that the character jī should be the same as the character bǔ.

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